Our Team
Managing Director – Julie Bouret
Julie brings extensive experience in marketing, public relations, and event management to Serve the City Paris. Before joining STCP, she successfully ran her own business in France for 10 years. Motivated by a desire to create meaningful impact through leadership and communication, Julie joined Serve the City nearly two years ago to put her skills to work in service of the community.
As a Director at STCP, Julie oversees all marketing efforts and plays a key role in raising awareness and support for the organization’s mission. She is also deeply involved in STCP’s sports program, where she combines her passion for helping others with her love of physical activity.
Julie’s global outlook has been shaped by living in several countries and extensive international travel. Originally from Australia, she has called Paris home for the past 20 years. Alongside her French husband, two children, and much-loved family dog, she embraces Parisian life while staying connected to her international roots.
Operations Manager – Safiullah Ebrahim
Safiullah (Safi) Ebrahim is the Operations Manager of Serve The City Paris, where he oversees the organization’s daily activities and ensures that its programs run efficiently and align with STCP’s mission. His work focuses on supporting volunteers, strengthening community engagement, and helping STCP deliver meaningful impact across its initiatives. Safi graduated from the Institut Catholique de Paris with a University Diploma in Social Action and Migration and holds a Master’s degree from Cairo University in Egypt. Originally from Afghanistan, he previously served as a Program Manager at Serve The City Paris, Senior Coordinator at the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies, and Personal Assistant to the Ambassador of Afghanistan in Egypt. Safi speaks five languages and enjoys traveling, cooking, writing articles, and playing the flute.
CSR Manager – Tara Phillips
Tara Phillips has enjoyed a diverse career in the social sector, serving for the past 34 years as a teacher, executive director, development director and a national program director for a wide range of organizations. Tara has developed skills in organization and change management to bring justice and equity to the education sector on behalf of students and families across the US. Tara also spent five years serving as executive director of an elementary charter school in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. For the past five years, she has worked as an organizational development consultant, coaching executive leaders and middle managers on best practices and content in diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, as well as bringing her expertise in board management, strategic planning and fundraising.
Tara holds a B.S in Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and an Executive Master’s degree in Consulting and Coaching for Change from HEC Paris, in partnership with the University of Oxford.
Resources & S.A.V.E. Program Manager – Zuzanna Houjeiri
Originally Polish Lebanese, Zuzanna moved to Paris from Sweden in 2022, and joined Serve The City Paris as a volunteer. Soon after, Zuzanna become the full time ‘Resources Manager”, ensuring all interns, S.A.V.E. program participants and dedicated volunteers are given a proper onboarding process and guidance on projects or programs most suitable for their background. Zuzanna also manages the S.A.V.E. workshops and she helps organize resources for mentoring roles and S.A.V.E. Capstone Projects. Before Serve The City Paris, Zuzanna has worked with various local and international NGOs fighting for social causes. She obtained a Master’s degree in political science, and she is currently taking further studies in sustainable development. In her free time, you can find Zuzanna in ballet class or trying to master French cooking recipes.
Sport and Culture Program Manager – Nathanael Koehler
Nathanael (Nate) has ran the Serve The City Paris Football team for over a year and a half, creating one of STC International’s most transformational programs for young asylum seekers in Paris. As a part time coach, coordinator and manager, Nate has built the program from the ground up. Nate oversaw a crowd-funding campaign to raise funds for the Football team, to ensure they had a field to practice on, and to play competitively in a Paris league. He has also ensured his players are educated and engaged in cultural activities, by taking them to museums or the zoo. Nate’s background includes coaching in the United States and working for other NGO’s in his career. To describe Nate’s passion, he is most happy helping not just coaching his young boys to become football players, but good human beings as well.
STCP Finance Consultant- Colette Humble-Mellal
Colette has been involved with Serve The City Paris (STCP) for over three years as a volunteer, financial consultant, and process improvement advisor. During two separate periods, she served as CSR Manager, overseeing the organization, coordination, and communication with corporate and university groups participating in CSR workshops and volunteer activities with STCP.
In addition to these leadership roles, Colette has consistently provided financial counseling and process improvement support to STCP. She brings many years of experience in financial counseling and project management, supported by a Lean Six Sigma certification. Her analytical approach to process improvement is balanced by compassion and empathy for marginalized communities in Paris.
Outside of her professional commitments, Colette enjoys yoga and planning activities with her multicultural family.
Coordinator of European and ESC Grants – Pere Oliva
Pere Oliva is in charge of seeking out, responding to, and managing France based and European based grants for Serve The City Paris. Pere is a lawyer and fluent in Spanish, French and English. Over the 3 years with Serve The City Paris, Pere has been a strong advisor on certain legal requirements, or French Government regulations and French administrative requirements. He was also the lead in starting and completing STCP’s new Quality label certification, and STCP’s partnership with the European Solidarity Corps program. Pere has also been a consistent volunteer, helping with the language program and delivering food to the homeless every month. In his spare time, Pere enjoys paddle tennis, traveling and good cuisine.
Manager of STCP Technology and Salesforce.com – Mathieu Vasseur
Mathieu Vasseur is in charge of technology acquisition and our Salesforce.com platform. In a part time role for more than 4 years, Mathieu has helped us evaluate technology solutions, managed our Salesforce.com platform, and he has simply been our life saver in so many situations at Serve The City. Mathieu has also been the project lead for STCP, coordinating resources, determining milestones, and helping us manage process on social impact projects. Mathieu also finds time each week as a consistent volunteer, by teaching French in our language course program to our beneficiaries, or presenting Serve The City to French corporate groups, schools and French organizations. Mathieu has a Masters degree in Economy & Finance from Sciences Po, enjoys running, biking, and engaging in debate over politics!
Serve The City Paris Leadership Team
At Serve The City Paris, there is a volunteer “STCP Leadership Team” who are the engine that runs our great programs. The STCP Leadership Team is made up of volunteers who have a specific skill set and passion relating to project management, marketing & communications, technology, event planning, resource planning, or previous experience managing or coordinating a volunteer program. All the positions do require a minimum of hours of work on their specific program per week, attending weekly STCP events and activities, and attending a weekly 2 hour team meeting. Every six months, some of our members of the STCP Leadership Team do rotate, so if you have a desire to join the STCP Leadership Team, we would be delighted to share more about the role and requirements. You can click here below for a more detailed description of our Leadership Team and you may also send us an email to info@servethecity.paris if you are interested. Serve The City ‘Leadership Team’ Role Description